Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Happy Holidays!

Hope you are having a wonderful week full of cheer with your near and your dear.

I don't know how, but my improv team "Not From Chicago" won AGAIN last week, which means we will be defending our defending our hard-won Student Cagematch Champion Belt at the iO WEST's Andy Dick Theater in Hollywood TOMORROW NIGHT (Thursday) at 10pm.

As an added bonus, my dearest Patrick Ian Moore will be joining the team this week -- the first time we shall ever perform Improv together! -- as many of my teammates are home for the Holidays.

And to make this night even MORE momentous... IF we win this next match, we get the opportunity to compete on the MAINSTAGE (which is a big deal in Improv-land!).

So... there are many reasons that we'd love you to come, the primary one being that the whole thing is more orless a popularity contest, so it is imperative that we have folks come out to laugh, cheer, and VOTE FOR US.

We are raw, we are rough, and we are willing to make arse's of ourselves in public. Huzzah!

10 East thru downtownexit Santa Fe - SouthTake Right on Santa FeTake 1st Right after Olympic on 11th St (ignore sign that says 12th St)At end of Street Take Left on Santa Clara (you can only go Left)park on Left side across from huge brick buildinguse door next to “sec C” under the addressgo to 3rd floor & knock on metal door at head of stairs

===============Directions from Hollywood or the Valley:

101 South past downtownExit 7th StTake Right on 7th StGo over bridge & Take Left onto Santa FeTake 1st Right after Olympic on 11th St (ignore sign that says 12th St)At end of Street Take Left on Santa Clara (you can only go Left)park on Left side across from huge brick buildinguse door next to “sec C” under the addressgo to 3rd floor & knock on metal door at head of stairs

Note: Just to confuse you the building has a second address – 1941 Santa Clara St. (same place kids but more accurate with all online maps & navigation systems).

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Holy crap!

My improv team "Not From Chicago" hath done it again. Tonight we won our 2nd Student Cagematch at the iO WEST, which means we're going up against a team of frisky newcomers next Thursday at 10pm. Mark your calendars!

Patrick is going to be joining my group as a "guest star" to fill in for vacationers, so this will be a rare opportunity to see the two of us improvise together for the FIRST TIME EVER! Woo-hoo!

We need LOTS of friends to turn out and VOTE FOR US because.... (drumroll please).... if we win NEXT week, we become the challengers in the MAINSTAGE cagematch at the BIG theater! That is very important in Improv land. Seriously.

So, please mark your calendars now... and please, please PLEASE come out and support us. The longer we win, the more experience we get on stage, and the better performers we become. There's only one way to get better in improv, and it's trial by fire, people! Come see us get burned. :-)

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

This Thursday night at 10pm my improv team "Not From Chicago" will be defending our hard-won Student Cagematch Champion Belt at the iO WEST's Andy Dick Theater in Hollywood.

If you don't know what any of that means, let me explain:

A few months ago, I started taking Improv classes at iO WEST (formerly the Improv Olympic) and I fell in love. I found a nice group of dorks who enjoy making fun and furious long-form improv with me and we formed a team. We call ourselves "Not From Chicago".... as we are not from Chicago. Get it? Don't worry about it.

The important thing is that we participated in our first Cagematch last week (competitive improv!) and due to the fact that a bunch of friends turned out to vote for us, we WON! The whole thing is more or less a popularity contest, so it is imperative that we have folks come out to laugh, cheer, and VOTE FOR US.

If we win 10 times in a row, we end up on the Wall of Fame. If we just win a couple more times, we get to have the valuable experience of performing improv in front of a live audience.

For our first Cagematch, I hardly invited anyone I knew because I was petrified. Luckily, my teammates delivered and their friends turned up en mass. This week, it's my turn to show my bare ass to the world (metaphorically) and invite my friends and loved ones to come watch me wrangle with this new passion of mine. I am raw, I am rough, and I am willing to make an ass of myself in public. Huzzah!

Friday, December 14, 2007

My improv group "Not From Chicago" just won our first student cagematch ever at iO WEST! Huzzah!

It was my first time performing Improv in front of an audience, our first time performing in front of an audience together, it was messy as hell, and tons of fun.

Yes, I know I didn't really tell anyone about this or invite anyone... I was scared! I wanted to get the first time out of the way in semi-private (Patrick was there to keep me calm) and NOW that it's over, I'm ready to shout from the tree tops and do my part to stack the audience in our favor. :-)

The whole Student Cagematch thing is more or less a popularity contest, so it is imperative that we have a bunch of friends to vote for us. The longer we stay in, the more experience we get, so that's awesome.

So I hope y'all can make it next Thursday and see me be a total spazz on the stage!

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